State | Louisiana |
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Name | Braided Stream Terraces |
Geologic age | Pleistocene |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Terrace-stream)
Minor
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Terrace-stream)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Terrace-stream)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Terrace-stream)
|
Comments | Glacial outwash of ancestral Arkansas River. |
References | Snead, J.I., and Mcculloh, R.P., 1984, Geologic Map of Louisiana: Louisiana Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Avoyelles - Caldwell - Catahoula - Franklin - La Salle - Morehouse - Rapides - Richland - West Carroll |